February 16, 2010

There was actually a lot of green/sustainable chemicals launched last month, which, unfortunately I was not able to post in a timely fashion. Several of them target the green building industry, speaking of which, I wrote an article about it last month for ICIS Chemical Business. More updates on the green building and construction markets coming soon, for now here are some new green chemicals that might be interesting to check out.

PSI used the word "sustainable chemicals" meaning they are not really made from renewable-based nor are they tagged as biodegradable except that these chemicals contribute to energy efficiency, promote clean technology use or overall help reduce greenhouse gas emissions.

1. DuPont Eco-concrete - DuPont expanded its Eco-Concrete collection of DuPont™ Corian® with six new colors containing up to 14 % recycled post-industrial material while its Eco-Terrazzo collection contains up to 25% recycled post-industrial material.

2. Agilent GHG analyzers -Agilent Technologies introduced two Greenhouse Gases (GHG) Analyzers for simultaneous analysis of methane (CH4), carbon dioxide (CO2), and nitrous oxide (N2O) in air samples. The analyzers also can be used for soil gas analysis or plant breathing studies, where the samples contain CH4, N2O, and CO2. Both analyzers easily can be expanded to determine sulfur hexafluoride (SF6).More on this post...